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The Film Programme

Ben Wheatley on High-Rise

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

With Antonia Quirke.

Director Ben Wheatley discusses his adaptation of J.G. Ballard's dystopian satire High-Rise and why he's literally terrified of the 70s. Producer Jeremy Thomas explains why it's taken him 40 years to get the novel to the screen.

Special effects pioneer Roy Pace explains how he made the world turn backwards in Superman using a globe he bought in Woolworths.

Antonia attends the Into Film awards ceremony for young film-makers and hears from judge Michael Sheen. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Antonia Quirke
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Wheatley
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Thomas
Interviewed Guest:
Roy Pace
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Sheen

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